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November 1 is the deadline for the next grant cycle, to be awarded in December by the Corporation of the Diocese.
September 13, 2024
La Magdalena, Glendale, funds new roof with prudent savings augmented by diocesan Appeal grant
Watch here: A message from Bishop John Harvey Taylor
In this video message, the Rev. Canon Roberto Martinez, vicar of la Iglesia de la Magdalena (Church of the Magdalene) in Glendale, welcomes Bishop John Harvey Taylor to the vibrant congregation’s lovingly well-tended campus, now sheltered by a new roof made possible in part by a $10,000 grant from the diocesan One Body & One Spirit Appeal.
Canon Martinez notes that the $99,300 total cost of re-roofing the sanctuary, church hall, classroom wing, and vicarage was covered from three sources: savings that previous generations prudently invested in the Diocesan Investment Trust, new fundraising accomplished by current congregants, and the diocesan Appeal grant. The congregation’s treasurer, Eugenia Aldama, pictured here with Bishop Taylor and Canon Martinez, played a key role in shepherding funds on behalf of the vibrant congregation, which worships and serves in Spanish as a place of “bienvenido” welcoming all.
“Because it’s autumn in the Diocese of Los Angeles, it’s One Body & One Spirit Annual Appeal time,” Bishop Taylor said, inviting grant applications and gifts to help launch the new program year.
“This grant to La Magdalena is one of 10 made recently by the Corporation of the Diocese. Together, since 2020, we’ve raised more than $360,000 in nearly 500 individual gifts making possible a total of 80 grants to 66 congregations, institutions and ministries all over the Diocese of Los Angeles.
“The annual Appeal was first launched as an emergency appeal during COVID,” Bishop Taylor said, “but the Appeal isn’t just for emergencies anymore. It’s for anything a church or institution needs that isn’t covered by the parish or mission annual budget. And I want to continue to make clear, my colleagues in faith, that every dollar raised in the Appeal goes right back out the door in the form of a grant to a parish, a mission, or an institution. We don’t keep a cent for overhead.”
You can make a new gift, or a follow-up gift on this page, and find out about how to apply for a grant; an information and application packet may be downloaded at the link above. November 1 is the deadline for new applications in the next grant cycle to be awarded in December by the Corporation of the Diocese.
“Thank you, Canon Roberto; thank you to all the people – past, present, and future – of La Magdalena; thank you to all of our donors,” Bishop Taylor said in closing. “May God continue to bless you and the people with whom you serve in the season of ministry ahead.”
Please join the 265 donors who, to date, have raised $361,902 in 477 gifts to the 2022-24 One Body & One Spirit Annual Appeal.
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